CESD-10 Website PDF
CESD-10 Website PDF
CESD-10 Website PDF
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Items: 10
Reliability:
Internal consistency for the CES-D-10 = (Cronbach’s α=0.86)
Test-retest reliability for the CES-D-10 = (I CC=0.85).
Test-retest reliability for individual items = (ICC=0.11-0.73)
(Miller et al. 2008)
Validity:
Convergent validity = .91
Divergent validity = .89
Correlation of the CES-D-10 to SF-36 subscales varies depending on the
subscale.
Physical Function (Pearson’s r =0.37)
Mental Health (Pearson’s r=0.71)
(Miller et al. 2008)
Scoring:
Rarely or Some or a Occasional All of the
none of the little of the ly time
time time or a (5‐7 days)
(less than 1 (1‐2 days) moderate
day) amount of
time
(3‐4 days)
Questions 5 & 8 3 2 1 0
All other 0 1 2 3
questions
The total score is calculated by finding the sum of 10 items. Do not score
the form if more than 2 items are missing. Any score equal to or above 10
is considered depressed.
References:
Björgvinsson, T., Kertz, S.J., Bigda-Peyton, J.S., McCoy, K.L., Aderka, I.M.
(2013). Psychometric properties of the CES-D-10 in a psychiatric
sample. Assessment, 20, 429-436.
Miller, W.C., Anton, H.A., Townson, A. F. (2008). Measurement properties
of the CESD scale among individuals with spinal cord injury. Spinal
Cord, 46, 287-292.
Radloff, L. S. (1977). CES-D scale: A self report depression scale for
research in the general populations. Applied Psychological
Measurement,1, 385-401.
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale (CES‐D-R 10)
Below is a list of some of the ways you may have felt or behaved.
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